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Today's missive is in regards to the President's most recent uninformed suggestion, i.e., the idea that the best thing to do for healthcare in this country is to repeal the Affordable Care Act immediately, and then sorting it all out at some undefined later date.

The stupidity of this idea is only surpassed by its callousness.

Let's look at some of the issues surrounding such a plan, shall we?

It could cost more than 20 million Americans the coverage they've gained
under the law and propel the individual insurance market into a spiral
of increasingly higher premiums and insurer exits. But it's all good because you've repealed the black guy's signature legislation and that's what really matters, amirite?

This law touches 5.8% of the economy. Is there a plan to address the economic repercussions, or is it more a fly by the seat of your pants kind of deal?

Given that the far right is a-okay with throwing people off their health insurance willy-nilly, what assurances do we have that this TREMENDOUS new health care plan will be anything other than a shit show?

You people want the ACA to better serve your constituents (and by "constituents" I mean actual human beings who actually use health care, not "companies")? Then work within the existing structure to do right for PEOPLE. Not for companies, not for the egotist living in the White House. For us. The ones to whom you owe your duty.

Or better yet, join the civilized world in providing guaranteed basic health care in a single payer system.

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